Long Covid Treatment Fund for a Broke Labor Reporter
Folks, Since contracting COVID in December of 2021, I have been struggling with Long Covid. While I have shown improvement, but my immune system is…
Articles by Mike Elk
Norfolk Southern Workers Win Paid Sick Days – Hyundai to Divest from Plant that Used Child Labor – BBC Reporters to Strike
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I’m struggling with a respiratory infection caused by illegal emissions from US Steel once again. Norfolk Southern Workers Win…
Responding to Attacks on Payday’s Investigations into Sexual Misconduct in the Labor Movement
Recently the group AF3IRM, a well-connected transnational feminist organization, which focuses on combating sex trafficking,. has been debating the inclusion in their events of long-time SEIU…
Brazil Faces Retaliation as Lula Pushes Ukraine Ceasefire – Hollywood Studios Plan for Strikes – 500 Hawaiian Healthcare Workers Strike
Folks, Greetings from the ‘Burgh, where temperatures have dropped dramatically in the last 24 hours from 70 to 32 degrees. Brazil Faces Retaliation as Lula…
“Superfund for Workers”: East Palestine Raises Questions of Worker Displacement
BRIDGEPORT, OHIO – On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump visited nearby East Palestine, Ohio, to argue that the federal government had betrayed people there affected…
Union Pacific Railroad Workers Win Paid Sick Days – Fayetteville Bus Drivers Strike 2nd Time in 2 Years – Anti-Caste Discrimination Legislation Introduced in Seattle
Folks, Greetings from the ‘Burgh, where I have arrived back after covering President Lula’s visit to the White House and a week-long trip throughout the…
23 Month Warrior Met Coal Strike to End in Alabama – 2 Entire Coffee Chains – HarperCollins Ends 3 Month Strike
Folks, Greetings from Glendale, Kentucky, cranes are flying as the BlueOval SK, a joint venture between Ford and Korean company SK Innovation, is being built. …
Amazon Labor Union Suspends Kentucky Organizing Amid Controversy
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – “Man, what a rush. Wow, we really needed this,” exclaims Matt Littrell, a union organizer who was recently fired from Amazon, when…
Payday’s 7th Anniversary Southern Labor Reporting Roadtrip
Folks, This spring, marks Payday’s 7th anniversary since being founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee while I was living down there in 2016. Since Payday’s founding in…
Celebrate Payday’s 7th Anniversary & 971 Stories Published
Folks, This spring marks Payday’s 7th anniversary since being founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee while I was living down there in 2016. Since Payday’s founding in…
Help Cover Nissan Workers in Tenn & Amazon Workers in Kentucky
Greetings from the Princess diner in Frostburg, Maryland. Our trip down to DC to cover President Lula was a massive success. We even got invited…
Brazilians Occupy White House with Joy & Singing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Brazil’s newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked with President Biden into the West Wing , a crowd singing“Lulaaaa,…